Synthesis of new representatives of A₃B-type carboranylporphyrins based on meso-tetra(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin transformations

• Victoria M. Alpatova,
• Evgeny G. Rys,
• Elena G. Kononova and
• Valentina A. Ol'shevskaya

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 767–776, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.70

• carboranethiol was observed which is consistent with literature data [40][41]. To optimize the reaction conditions for the preparation of boronated porphyrin 5 we then performed the reaction of porphyrin 1 with mercaptocarborane 4 (molar ratio 1:4) in DMSO in the presence of anhydrous NaOAc for 1 h at ambient

• temperature under argon. Under these reaction conditions, the tris(carboranyl)-substituted porphyrin 6 was obtained in 39% yield after purification by column chromatography on SiO2 using CHCl3/hexane 1:1 as eluent (Scheme 3). It should be noted that the reaction of porphyrin 6 with NaN3 in DMSO at 20 °C for

• DMSO at room temperature for 10 min using anhydrous NaOAc as a base to afford the corresponding boronated porphyrin conjugates 18–20 in 80–87% yields. Exploring the reactivity of the p-fluorine atom similar nucleophilic substitution reactions of porphyrin 6 were carried out with 1,8-diamino-3,6

SOMOphilic alkyne vs radical-polar crossover approaches: The full story of the azido-alkynylation of alkenes

• Julien Borrel and
• Jerome Waser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 701–713, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.64

• transformation before [41][42][44], in our case only 9% of the desired product was obtained (Table 3, entry 2). A large quantity of product resulting from a Ritter-type reaction between acetonitrile and the carbocation intermediate could be observed by NMR [55]. Other highly polar solvents such as DMF and DMSO

New variochelins from soil-isolated Variovorax sp. H002

• Jabal Rahmat Haedar,
• Aya Yoshimura and
• Toshiyuki Wakimoto

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 692–700, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.63

• hydrolysates were dissolved in water (160 µL), and treated with saturated NaHCO3 (200 µL) and 1% ʟ-FDLA in acetone (160 µL). The mixtures were heated at 40 °C for 30 minutes, quenched with 1 M HCl (200 µL), and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was dissolved in DMSO (400 µL) and passed through a membrane

Regioselective quinazoline C2 modifications through the azide–tetrazole tautomeric equilibrium

• Dāgs Dāvis Līpiņš,
• Andris Jeminejs,
• Una Ušacka,
• Anatoly Mishnev,
• Māris Turks and
• Irina Novosjolova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 675–683, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.61

• -pot reaction was performed by adding sodium 4-methylphenylsulfinate in the first step which was followed by NaN3. As the result, the formation of hydrolysis product 5a and 2,4-diazidoquinazoline (6a) was observed. Next, the reaction 1a → 4a in DMSO yielded diazidoquinazoline 6a as a major product and

• reactivity in the SNAr reactions in comparison to polar solvents such as DMSO and DMF. This is explained by solvent hydrogen bond acidity and basicity descriptors α and β, for example, α(DMSO) = 0, β(DMSO) = 0.88, α(MeOH) = 0.43, β(MeOH) = 0.47. The rate constant of the SNAr process escalates with an

• preparation of 2-chloro-4-sulfonylquinazolines 8 (Scheme 3). The starting material 7 underwent SNAr reactions with sodium sulfinates and the C4-substituted products 8a,b were isolated [24]. The complete conversion was achieved in DMF or DMSO. In the case of sodium dodecylsulfinate, the reaction stopped at 70

Isolation and structure determination of a new analog of polycavernosides from marine Okeania sp. cyanobacterium

• Kairi Umeda,
• Naoaki Kurisawa,
• Ghulam Jeelani,
• Tomoyoshi Nozaki,
• Kiyotake Suenaga and
• Arihiro Iwasaki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 645–652, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.57

• antitrypansomal assay The bloodstream form of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense strain IL-1501 was cultured at 37 °C under a humidified 5% CO2 atmosphere in HMI-9 medium supplemented with 10% heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum (FBS) [8][9]. For in vitro studies, compounds were dissolved in DMSO and diluted in

• culture medium prior to being assayed. The maximum DMSO concentration in the in vitro assays was 1%. The compounds were tested in an AlamarBlue serial drug dilution assay to determine the 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC50) [10]. Serial drug dilutions were prepared in 96-well microtiter plates

Chemical and biosynthetic potential of Penicillium shentong XL-F41

• Ran Zou,
• Xin Li,
• Xiaochen Chen,
• Yue-Wei Guo and
• Baofu Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 597–606, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.52

• −1; for 1H NMR (CDCl3, 600 MHz) and 13C NMR (CDCl3, 125 MHz) spectral data, see Table 1; LC–MS (m/z): [M − H]− calcd for 283.2; found, 283.2. Antimicrobial activity evaluation All isolated compounds were dissolved in 1% DMSO and introduced to pathogenic bacteria or fungi in LB or PDB media. The 96

• -well plates were incubated at 37 °C for 18 hours, with 1% DMSO serving as the negative control. After incubation, the OD600 of the bacterial cultures was measured using a Microplate Reader. HPLC analysis of small-scale fermentation with different media. More details of media, XISR I and XISR III can be

Synthesis of photo- and ionochromic N-acylated 2-(aminomethylene)benzo[b]thiophene-3(2Н)-ones with a terminal phenanthroline group

• Vladimir P. Rybalkin,
• Sofiya Yu. Zmeeva,
• Lidiya L. Popova,
• Irina V. Dubonosova,
• Olga Yu. Karlutova,
• Oleg P. Demidov,
• Alexander D. Dubonosov and
• Vladimir A. Bren

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 552–560, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.47

• a terminal phenanthroline receptor substituent was synthesized. Upon irradiation in acetonitrile or DMSO with light of 436 nm, they underwent Z–E isomerization of the C=C bond, followed by very fast N→O migration of the acyl group and the formation of nonemissive O-acylated isomers. These isomers

• absorption and fluorescence spectra of 2a–c were studied by the action of d-metal perchlorates (Zn2+, Hg2+, Cu2+, Cd2+, Ni2+, Co2+ and Fe2+) in acetonitrile (2a and 2b) and DMSO (2c). Exclusively Fe2+ caused an appearance of new broad long-wavelength absorption bands at 480–530 nm with a contrast naked-eye

• effect: a visually distinguishable color change of the solutions from yellow to dark orange (Figure 5). Other cations did not demonstrate a measurable effect (Figure 6). Complexes 2a–c with Fe2+ in acetonitrile and DMSO were nonfluorescent. According to spectrophotometric titration data and the isomolar

Switchable molecular tweezers: design and applications

• Pablo Msellem,
• Maksym Dekthiarenko,
• Nihal Hadj Seyd and
• Guillaume Vives

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 504–539, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.45

A new analog of dihydroxybenzoic acid from Saccharopolyspora sp. KR21-0001

• Rattiya Janthanom,
• Yuta Kikuchi,
• Hiroki Kanto,
• Tomoyasu Hirose,
• Arisu Tahara,
• Takahiro Ishii,
• Arinthip Thamchaipenet and
• Yuki Inahashi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 497–503, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.44

• preparative HPLC of the crude extract, 7.9 mg of 1 was obtained (Scheme 1). Table S1 (Supporting Information File 1) shows the physicochemical properties of 1, which is a yellow oil soluble in MeOH and DMSO. The UV absorption maximum of 1 was at 286 nm (ε = 10238 M−1·cm−1). The molecular formula of 1 was

Ligand effects, solvent cooperation, and large kinetic solvent deuterium isotope effects in gold(I)-catalyzed intramolecular alkene hydroamination

• Ruichen Lan,
• Brock Yager,
• Yoonsun Jee,
• Cynthia S. Day and
• Amanda C. Jones

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 479–496, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.43

• faster the reaction. With a more strongly Bronsted acidic additive (acetic acid), rates are diminished with increasing additive. With a more polar non-protic additive (DMSO) the rate initially increases, then decreases with possible catalyst decomposition observed. Ether additives THF and dioxane have a

Pseudallenes A and B, new sulfur-containing ovalicin sesquiterpenoid derivatives with antimicrobial activity from the deep-sea cold seep sediment-derived fungus Pseudallescheria boydii CS-793

• Zhen Ying,
• Xiao-Ming Li,
• Sui-Qun Yang,
• Hong-Lei Li,
• Xin Li,
• Bin-Gui Wang and
• Ling-Hong Meng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 470–478, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.42

• using solvent chemical shifts (DMSO: δH/δC 2.50/39.52) as reference. HRESIMS data were measured using an API QSTAR Pulsar 1 mass spectrometer. HPLC was performed on a Dionex HPLC system equipped with a P680 pump, an ASI-100 automated sample injector, and a UVD340U multiple-wavelength detector controlled

• , the bacteria were cultivated in the LB broth medium at 37 °C for the human pathogenic bacteria, while the temperature was 28 °C for the aquatic pathogens, and they were prepared at a concentration of 1.5 × 108 CFU/mL. Tested compounds and positive control (chloramphenicol) were dissolved in DMSO to

• give a stock solution with DMSO as a negative control. Then, 95 μL of thus prepared bacteria and 5 μL of the above tested compounds or chloramphenicol (with the final concentration of 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 μg/mL) were added into the 96-well plates and cultivated at 37 °C or 28 °C for 24 h

Synthesis of 2,2-difluoro-1,3-diketone and 2,2-difluoro-1,3-ketoester derivatives using fluorine gas

• Alexander S. Hampton,
• David R. W. Hodgson,
• Graham McDougald,
• Linhua Wang and
• Graham Sandford

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 460–469, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.41

• estimated from pKa differences between acidic species and potential base species. The pKa(MeCN) for dibenzoylmethane (1a) can be estimated from pKa(DMSO) [50], where pKa(MeCN) = pKa(DMSO) + 12.9 = 13.4 + 12.9 = 26.3. Mayr and co-workers have shown the 2-fluoro-substituted species to be only slightly less

• acidic than their non-fluorinated homologues owing to the dominant π-donor effect of the 2-fluoro group [51][52]. On this basis, quinuclidine with pKaH(MeCN) ≈ 18.0–19.5 (estimated using pKaH(water) = 11.0 and pKaH(DMSO) = 9.8), is not predicted to be sufficiently basic to offer significant acceleration

• this base that accelerates enolization of 2a–i-keto to allow difluorination to occur. The fluoride ion is a relatively strong base (pKa(MeCN) of HF is ≈25 based on pKa(DMSO) [55][56]), especially when formed in situ under anhydrous conditions, where solvation of fluoride ion is not possible. Since the

Discovery of unguisin J, a new cyclic peptide from Aspergillus heteromorphus CBS 117.55, and phylogeny-based bioinformatic analysis of UngA NRPS domains

• Sharmila Neupane,
• Marcelo Rodrigues de Amorim and
• Elizabeth Skellam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 321–330, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.32

• Fisher Scientific. DMSO-d6 NMR solvent was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. Nα-(5-Fluoro-2,4-dinitrophenyl)-ᴅ-leucinamide was purchased from TCI Chemicals. Authentic amino acid samples were purchased from Thermo Scientific. Sodium bicarbonate purchased from Fisher Chemical. 1D and 2D NMR experiments were

• recorded on a Varian INOVA 500 instrument (1H: 500 MHz; 13C: 125 MHz). The chemical shifts (δ) were expressed in ppm and recorded with reference to solvent signals (1H NMR: DMSO-d6 2.50 ppm; 13C NMR: DMSO-d6 39.5 ppm). Optical rotation was measured on a Jasco P-2000 polarimeter with a path length of 100 mm

• biosynthesis of unguisins B and J in A. heteromorphus CBS 117.55. 1D and 2D NMR data for 1 (1H: 500 MHz, 13C: 125 MHz; DMSO-d6). Supporting Information Supporting Information File 36: Spectroscopic and spectrometric data of 1 and 2. Bioinformatic data of the biosynthetic gene clusters. Acknowledgements We

Substitution reactions in the acenaphthene analog of quino[7,8-h]quinoline and an unusual synthesis of the corresponding acenaphthylenes by tele-elimination

• Ekaterina V. Kolupaeva,
• Narek A. Dzhangiryan,
• Alexander F. Pozharskii,
• Oleg P. Demidov and
• Valery A. Ozeryanskii

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 243–253, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.24

• 1:1 (Scheme 2). Complex 9 is insoluble in most organic solvents, but it turned out to be unstable in DMSO-d6 solution, as evidenced by monitoring its 1Н NMR spectra (Supporting Information File 1, Figure S1). Figure S1a shows the spectrum of the starting quinoline 5, Figure S1b represents complex 9

• sunlight (especially on adsorbents), and basic dipolar solvents (DMSO, for example, causes rather rapid degradation) [23]. Note that nitro derivatives 10 or 11 are not formed when base 5 is kept in nitric acid (25 °C, excess of 65% HNO3, 24 h) which returns the starting compound unchanged. After that step

Photochromic derivatives of indigo: historical overview of development, challenges and applications

• Gökhan Kaplan,
• Zeynel Seferoğlu and
• Daria V. Berdnikova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 228–242, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.23

• significant difference in the values of β-angles, which results in some differences in the densities [10]. The solubility of crystalline indigo is poor even in polar solvents such as aniline, nitrobenzene, phenol, phthalic anhydride, DMSO, and DMF upon heating. The reason for the low solubility and high

• of indigo in 1) DMSO, 2) DMF, 3) N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone. Bond length in the indigo molecule obtained from the single crystal X-ray analysis [12], the typical bond lengths in organic compounds [15] and the main resonance structures of indigo. The structure of the indigo chromophore (H-chromophore

• species. Zwitterionic resonance structures of Z-indigo. Photos of crystalline N,N'-di(Boc)indigo 17a its solutions in 1) DMSO, 2) DMF, 3) N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone. Structural isomers of indigo. Photochromism of indirubin derivatives and supramolecular complexation of the E-isomers with Schreiner’s thiourea

Chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of 3,3-difluoro-3H-indoles

• Yumei Wang,
• Guangzhu Wang,
• Yanping Zhu and
• Kaiwu Dong

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 205–211, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.20

• achieving high selectivity. Also, an obvious solvent effect on the enantioselectivity was observed (Table 1, entries 7–10). Very low ee values of product 2a were detected when the reaction was performed in DMSO or MeOH (Table 1, entries 7 and 8), while using DCE or toluene as the solvent the

Metal-catalyzed coupling/carbonylative cyclizations for accessing dibenzodiazepinones: an expedient route to clozapine and other drugs

• Amina Moutayakine and
• Anthony J. Burke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 193–204, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.19

• °C; 1H NMR (DMSO-d6, 400 MHz) δ 6.87–7.00 (m, Ar, 6H), 7.31–7.35 (t, J = 8 Hz, Ar, 1H), 7.66–7.68 (d, J = 8 Hz, Ar,1H), 7.84 (s, Ar, 1H), 9.85 (s, Ar, 1H); 13C NMR (CDCl3, 100 MHz) δ 119.52, 120.23, 121.17, 121.73, 123.24, 123.40, 124.95, 130.29, 132.56, 133.67, 140.43, 150.92, 168.40; ESIMS (m/z

Synthesis of the 3’-O-sulfated TF antigen with a TEG-N₃ linker for glycodendrimersomes preparation to study lectin binding

• Mark Reihill,
• Hanyue Ma,
• Dennis Bengtsson and
• Stefan Oscarson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 173–180, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.17

• oxide (D2O) or DMSO-d6 ((CD3)2SO). 1H NMR spectra were standardised against the residual solvent peak (CDCl3, δ = 7.26 ppm; CD3OD, δ = 3.31 ppm; D2O, δ = 4.79 ppm; (CD3)2SO δ = 2.50 ppm); or internal trimethylsilane, δ = 0.00 ppm). 13C NMR spectra were standardised against the residual solvent peak

Copper-promoted C5-selective bromination of 8-aminoquinoline amides with alkyl bromides

• Changdong Shao,
• Chen Ma,
• Li Li,
• Jingyi Liu,
• Yanan Shen,
• Chen Chen,
• Qionglin Yang,
• Tianyi Xu,
• Zhengsong Hu,
• Yuhe Kan and
• Tingting Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 155–161, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.14

• , China 10.3762/bjoc.20.14 Abstract An efficient and practical method for the synthesis of C5-brominated 8-aminoquinoline amides via a copper-promoted selective bromination of 8-aminoquinoline amides with alkyl bromides was developed. The reaction proceeds smoothly in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) under air

• reaction parameters (Table 1). The treatment of 1a with 2a (4.0 equiv) in the presence of FeCl3 (20 mol %) and K3PO4 (1.0 equiv) in DMSO at 100 °C for 12 h gave the brominated product 3aa in 65% yield (Table 1, entry 1). The bromination was found to selectively take place at the C5-position of the

• probable mechanism is proposed. As shown in Scheme 5, ethyl bromoacetate (2a) undergoes attack by the dipolar aprotic solvent DMSO to afford the intermediate A. This intermediate then reacts with the bromine anion to give intermediate B. Dimethylsulfonium bromide or dimethyl thioether/molecular bromine

Photoinduced in situ generation of DNA-targeting ligands: DNA-binding and DNA-photodamaging properties of benzo[c]quinolizinium ions

• Julika Schlosser,
• Olga Fedorova,
• Yuri Fedorov and
• Heiko Ihmels

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 101–117, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.11

• ). To clarify whether the mechanism of the DNA photodamage proceeds through the formation of radicals, experiments with commmonly employed radical scavengers were conducted (Table 3, Supporting Information File 1, Figure S17). In the presence of hydroxyl-radical scavengers DMSO, t-BuOH, and 2-propanol

• to the residual proton signal of the solvent [CD3CN: δ(1H) = 1.94 ppm, δ(13C) = 118.36 ppm or DMSO-d5: δ(1H) = 2.50 ppm, δ(13C) = 39.52 ppm] or to an internal standard in CDCl3 [TMS: δ(1H) = 0.00 ppm, δ(13C) = 0.00 ppm]. Structural assignments were made with additional information from gCOSY, gHSQC

Multi-redox indenofluorene chromophores incorporating dithiafulvene donor and ene/enediyne acceptor units

• Christina Schøttler,
• Kasper Lund-Rasmussen,
• Line Broløs,
• Philip Vinterberg,
• Ema Bazikova,
• Viktor B. R. Pedersen and
• Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 59–73, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.8

• CH2Cl2 (CD2Cl2, 1H = 5.32 ppm, 13C = 54.00 ppm), deuterated DMSO ((CD3)2SO, 1H = 2.50 ppm, 13C = 39.53 ppm), deuterated acetone ((CD3)2CO, 1H = 2.05 ppm, 13C = 29.84 ppm), or deuterated benzene (C6D6, 1H = 7.16 ppm, 13C = 128.39 ppm) were used as solvents and internal references. Chemical shift values

Using the phospha-Michael reaction for making phosphonium phenolate zwitterions

• Matthias R. Steiner,
• Max Schmallegger,
• Larissa Donner,
• Johann A. Hlina,
• Christoph Marschner,
• Judith Baumgartner and
• Christian Slugovc

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 41–51, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.6

• phosphorus signal for 2d). Stability tests were also performed in two different deuterated solvents, CDCl3 and DMSO-d6. No air or moisture exclusion was applied. The tests were performed at room temperature and at 60 °C. 1H and 31P NMR spectra of the solutions were taken after 24, 48 and 72 h. At room

• temperature the observable decomposition after 72 h is very low in both solvents. NMR spectra (1H and 31P) show trace amounts of the phosphine oxide of 1. The total amount of phosphine oxide is somewhat lower in DMSO-d6 when compared to CDCl3. Additionally, in CDCl3 further unknown decomposition products were

Cycloaddition reactions of heterocyclic azides with 2-cyanoacetamidines as a new route to C,N-diheteroarylcarbamidines

• Pavel S. Silaichev,
• Tetyana V. Beryozkina,
• Vsevolod V. Melekhin,
• Valeriy O. Filimonov,
• Andrey N. Maslivets,
• Vladimir G. Ilkin,
• Wim Dehaen and
• Vasiliy A. Bakulev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 17–24, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.3

• , 0.5 mmol; 1,4-dioxane (2 mL)) as a colorless powder; mp 225–226 °C; 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 3.16 (s, 3H), 3.21 (s, 3H), 5.08 (s, 1H), 5.46 (s, 2H), 6.52 (s, 1H), 6.53 (s, 1H), 7.19 (br. s, 2H), 7.25–7.39 (m, 5H); 13C NMR (101 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 27.1, 29.8, 48.4, 87.4, 120.9, 127.4, 127.6, 128.5

• NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 5.48 (s, 2H), 6.68 (s, 1H), 6.69 (s, 1H), 7.10 (d, J = 3.9 Hz, 1H), 7.24 (d, J = 6.9 Hz, 2H), 7.28–7.38 (m, 3H), 7.43 (d, J = 3.9 Hz, 1H), 8.42 (br. s, 1H), 9.15 (br. s, 1H); 13C NMR (101 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 48.5, 112.6, 121.2, 127.2, 127.6, 128.5, 135.7, 138.8, 143.6, 153.5

Identification of the p-coumaric acid biosynthetic gene cluster in Kutzneria albida: insights into the diazotization-dependent deamination pathway

• Seiji Kawai,
• Akito Yamada,
• Yohei Katsuyama and
• Yasuo Ohnishi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1–11, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.1

• a linear gradient of chloroform/methanol. Fractions containing compound 6 were concentrated by evaporation. The residual materials were desorbed in 1 mL DMSO and applied to a reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC, Shimadzu Corp.) equipped with a COSMOCORE Packed column 5C18-AR

• -II (10 mm ID × 250 mm, Nacalai Tesque), and the metabolites were eluted with a linear gradient of water/acetonitrile containing 0.1% formic acid. Fractions containing compound 6 were concentrated by evaporation. Compound 6 was then desorbed in DMSO-d6, and the structure was determined by the JNM-A600

Aromatic systems with two and three pyridine-2,6-dicarbazolyl-3,5-dicarbonitrile fragments as electron-transporting organic semiconductors exhibiting long-lived emissions

• Karolis Leitonas,
• Brigita Vigante,
• Dmytro Volyniuk,
• Audrius Bucinskas,
• Pavels Dimitrijevs,
• Sindija Lapcinska,
• Pavel Arsenyan and
• Juozas Vidas Grazulevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1867–1880, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.139

• volume and after cooling the precipitate was filtered. The crude product was washed with cold MeOH and EtOAc and dried under reduced pressure yielding 2 (7.40 g, 35%) as white powder, which was used in the next reaction without further purification. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) 7.67–7.66 (m, 2H), 7.37–7.33

• for 1 h. After cooling, the reaction was quenched by the addition of ice and the precipitate was filtered off. The crude product was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel using chloroform as eluent yielding compound 3 (1.0 g, 78%) as white powder. Mp > 200 °C; 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) 7.91